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avtorska predstava / Neja Tomšič

O predstavi

Opijske ladje so vizualni esej s poslikano keramiko in pripovedovanjem. So čajni obred, po katerem nas vodijo zgodbe petih opijskih ladij, ki pripovedujejo zgodovino trgovine z opijem in čajem v drugi polovici 18. in v 19. stoletju na Kitajskem. V zgodbah ladij pa se ne skrivajo le mednarodni konflikti, kolonizacija in razvoj potrošništva, temveč iz njih vznika razmislek o globokih posledicah trgovine s čajem in opijem na današnji čas.

Opijske ladje Neja Tomšič izvaja od leta 2017. Gostovale so že v 13. državah in doživele preko 100 ponovitev.

Projekt se je leta 2018 razvil v umetniško knjigo z naslovom Opium Clippers, ki je izšla pri založbi Rostfrei Publishing in prejela nagrado za najboljšo knjigo umetnika v letih 2017/2018 in nagrado Slovenskega knjižnega sejma za najlepše oblikovano knjigo v kategoriji Knjiga kot objekt.

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object theatre and storytelling / Neja Tomšič

Opium Clippers is a visual essay with painted ceramics and narration. It's a tea ceremony through which we are guided by the stories of the five Opium Clippers, which tell the history of the opium and tea trade in the 2nd half of the 18th and 19th centuries in China. The stories of the ships do not only conceal international conflicts, colonisation and the development of consumerism, but also give rise to a reflection on the profound implications of the tea and opium trade for our times.

Neja Tomšič has been running Opium Clippers since 2017. They have been hosted in 13 countries and have had over 100 iterations.

In 2018, the project evolved into an artist's book, Opium Clippers, published by Rostfrei Publishing, which won the Best Artist's Book Award 2017/2018 and the Slovenian Book Fair Award for the Most Beautifully Designed Book in the Book as Object category.

Credits
Concept, painting and performance: Neja Tomšič
Ceramics: Anja Slapničar
Music: Gašper Torkar
Executive production: Barbara Poček
Produced by: Gledališče Glej in Neja Tomšič
Produced by MoTA - Museum of Transitory Art until 2018